regional conference “Security of Roma Women in the Western Balkans”

13 novembre the Hotel Tulip INN, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia. The conference was attended by a total of 78 people from 14 government / local institutions and from 37 non-governmental and international organizations from 8 countries including the countries of the European Union during which the participants exchanged information about their situation through their speeches and later on the discussion regarding the status of Roma women, achieved by the results so far, is also focusing on the exchange of positive, ie, negative practices. Participants jointly reached certain conclusions and established recommendations.
The conference gave the participants an opportunity to establish and continue a dialogue that opened up communication channels for possible future processes of regional and European cooperation in order to face and address the issue of multiple discrimination against Roma women and Roma. So the organized event was the basis for national and regional cooperation, networking and joint advocacy, and directly enabled the building of partnerships with identified actors, so the participants from the region had the opportunity to get acquainted with the situation of Roma in the countries of the EU from the environment and achieved results in those countries before and during the EU accession, which leads to the conclusion that the countries in the accession process have easier access to funds for solving the Roma issues that need to be used before accession.
One of the most important segments discussed was the strategy of the Roma women’s security issue.
Intensified work on informing the public, the cooperation of institutions, the civil sector, Roma / Roma women regarding their collective and personal security and the development of a security culture has been proposed. Initiate and implement educational and other campaigns in order to create the effect of social solidarity that would be a force that will use negative beliefs and traditional attitudes of the community that to some extent tolerate the negative trends of violence against women and increase the level of information of Roma women to their rights.

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